Chocolate Strawberry Tart Recipe

Ingredients :

Preparation & cook time : 50 minutes (plus refrigeration)

Serves 12

• ¹/₃ cup (110g) strawberry jam

• ²/₃ cup (60ml) cream

• 25g unsalted butter

• 200g dark eating chocolate, chopped finely

• 6 strawberries, halved

hazelnut crust:

• 1½ cups (150g) hazelnut meal

• ¹/₃ cup (75g) caster sugar

• ¼ cup (35g) (corn) corn flour

• 125g cold unsalted butter, chopped

• 1 egg yolk

Method :

1. Make hazelnut crust. To make hazelnut crust, process meal, sugar, corn flour and butter until crumbly; add egg yolk, pulse until mixture comes together. Knead dough gently on floured surface until smooth. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate 1 hour.

2. Grease 22cm-round loose-based flan tin. Roll hazelnut dough between sheets of baking paper until large enough to line tin. Ease dough into tin, press into base and side; trim edge. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes.

3. Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced.

4. Place tin on oven tray. Bake hazelnut crust about 25 minutes. Spread jam over crust; return to oven for 2 minutes. Cool.

5. Heat cream in medium saucepan. remove from heat then stir in butter and chocolate, whisk until smooth. Pour chocolate mixture into crust; refrigerate 2 hours. Top tart with strawberry halves.

Baking Tips Storage : Tart can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two days.

Food Facts & Glossary of Baking Ingredients cream : we use pouring cream also known as pure cream. butter : 125g is equal to one stick (4 ounces) butter. Unsalted butter often called "sweet" butter as it has no added salt. The salt content of regular salted butter is sometimes discernable in a sweet recipe, especially with chocolate. You can use regular butter in most cakes and baking, but it's advisable to stick to unsalted butter when it's specified in delicate toppings, icings and so on. dark eating chocolate (70% cocoa solids) also called semi-sweet; made of a high percentage of cocoa liquor and cocoa butter, and a little added sugar. We use dark eating chocolate unless stated otherwise. caster sugar is superfine or finely granulated table sugar. corn flour is a thickening agent used in cooking; also called cornstarch. Available made from corn or wheat. Maize is corn, so whichever word appears on the packet is right for you. It's the "wheat" word you need to avoid. hazelnut meal is hazelnuts ground to a coarse flour.

√  gluten-free    √  wheat-free    √  yeast-free